diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index c3eb102a9cc81d8ed97f11deb9584aa71830b1c5..175f6995d1af9e91edf03543f0ed38b7628b0320 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static inline void destroy_params(const struct kernel_param *params,
 /* The macros to do compile-time type checking stolen from Jakub
    Jelinek, who IIRC came up with this idea for the 2.4 module init code. */
 #define __param_check(name, p, type) \
-	static inline type *__check_##name(void) { return(p); }
+	static inline type __always_unused *__check_##name(void) { return(p); }
 
 extern struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_byte;
 extern int param_set_byte(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);